Ezekiel 23 · Verse 17

Ezekiel 23:17

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
Ezekiel 23:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:17 in other translations

BSBThen the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
WEBThe Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
ASVAnd the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
YLTAnd come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.
DARBYAnd the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
BBEAnd the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.
WebsterAnd the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lewdness, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

What does Ezekiel 23:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. alienated from them--namely, from the Chaldeans: turning again to the Egyptians (Eze 23:19), trying by their help to throw off her solemn engagements to Babylon (compare Jr 37:5, 7; 2Ki 24:7).

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Ezekiel 23:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
אֵלֶ֤יהָ'e.Lei.hato herH413
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
בָבֶל֙va.VelBabylonH894
לְמִשְׁכַּ֣בle.mish.Kavto a bed ofH4904
דֹּדִ֔יםdo.Dimlove<s>H1730
וַיְטַמְּא֥וּvay.ta.me.'Uand they defiledH2930
אוֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> herH853
בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑םbe.taz.nu.Tamby prostitution theirH8457
וַתִּ֨טְמָא\־va.Tit.ma'-and she became uncleanH2930
בָ֔םVamby them
וַתֵּ֥קַעva.Te.ka'and it was alienatedH3363
נַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.Shahself herH5315
מֵהֶֽם\׃me.Hemfrom them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:17

  • Ezekiel 23:22

    Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

  • Ezekiel 23:28

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

  • 2 Samuel 13:15

    Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

  • Genesis 10:10

    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  • Ezekiel 16:37

    Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

  • Genesis 11:9

    Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Babylonians. Heb. children of Babel.
Ge 10:10; 11:9
and her.
22,28; 16:37; 2Sa 13:15
alienated. Heb. loosed, or disjointed.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 23:16

    And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

  • Ezekiel 23:17

    And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

  • Ezekiel 23:18

    So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

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Ezekiel 23:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y entraron á ella los hombres de Babilonia á la cama de los amores, y contamináronla con su fornicación; y ella también se contaminó con ellos, y su deseo se hartó de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de Babel vinrent vers elle dans le lit des amours, et la rendirent impure par leur prostitution, et elle se rendit impure avec eux; puis son âme se détacha d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Babels kamen zu ihr zum Liebeslager und verunreinigten sie durch ihre Hurerei. Und als sie sich an ihnen verunreinigt hatte, riß sich ihre Seele von ihnen los.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque venissent ad eam filii Babylonis ad cubile mammarum, polluerunt eam stupris suis: et polluta est ab eis, et saturata est anima ejus ab illis.